Tag: development


  • Alan Duncan: at it again

    Paul Waugh has a lovely Alan Duncan snippet from Bill Gates’ visit to Parliament last week. After being told that his talk to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development would be under Chatham House Rules, Duncan recounted his MP’s on ‘rations’ comment that was secretly taped after the expenses scandal. “And that’s why

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  • Development in Afghanistan is paying off, shows new poll

    A new poll shows that people in Afghanistan are growing more prosperous and more confident, showing how the hard work of the international development sector is beginning to pay off for citizens on the ground. The BBC/ABC poll show a 12% increase in the number of people who feel that job prospects are good, while

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